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Lawsuits filed against 2 S.I. Catholic churches allege cases of sexual assault by clergy
Updated Mar 13, 2021;
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A woman and an altar boy filed separate, unrelated lawsuits against prominent Catholic schools on Staten Island and the Archdiocese under the protection of the Childs Victims Act.
One lawsuit alleges Rev. Basil Akut, a priest at Our Lady Star of the Sea in Huguenot, sexually assaulted a divorced women who was seeking counseling. A second lawsuit was filed by a man who alleges Rev. Ralph LaBelle sexually assaulted him while he was an altar boy at St. Clare Parish in Great Kills.